04596cgdaa22006857i 4500 18889565 20250607065900.2 cr|||||||||||| 150728s2010 dcu117 o v|eng 18889565 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-folklife kste 2015-04-?? mkru 2016-06-30 masmit 2019-09-19 masmit 2019-11-22 masmit 2020-02-20 2015669103 (DLC) afc2010039_crhp0004 DLC eng dacs DLC DLC n-us-ar AFC 2010/039: 0004 Jackson, Gertrude Newsome, 1923- interviewee. Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur Paysour in Marvell, Arkansas, 2010 November 22. 2010. 2 videocassettes of 2 (DVCAM) (117 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in. camera master. 1 transcript (102 pages). 3 photographs : digital, jpg files. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Collection is open for research. Access to recordings may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact Recorded in Marvell, Arkansas on November 22, 2010. Gertrude Jackson recalls growing up in Madison, Illinois, and Marvell, Arkansas. She recalls organizing her community to renovate a local segregated school and becoming involved in the civil rights movement in rural Arkansas. She discusses assisting Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers Howard Himmelbaum and Myrtle Glascoe, working for Head Start, and starting a community center. Jackson's grandson is also interviewed. Civil Rights History Project Collection (AFC 2010/039), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Copies of items are also held at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (U.S.). Gertrude Newsome Jackson was born in 1923 in Madison, Illinois, married Earliss Jackson in 1943, and had nine children. She attended Marvell High School and worked as a farmer and housewife. Jackson and her husband were farmers in Jonesridge, Arkansas, and provided food and shelter to Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) fieldworkers in Marvell, Arkansas during the 1960s. The Civil Rights History Project is a joint project of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture to collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of individuals who participated in the Civil Rights movement. In English. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/eadafc.af013005 Jackson, Gertrude Newsome, 1923- Interviews. Glascoe, Myrtle Gonza. Himmelbaum, Howard. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) African American farmers Arkansas Interviews. African American women civil rights workers Arkansas Interviews. Civil rights movements Arkansas. Civil rights movements United States. Head Start programs Arkansas. Filmed interviews. lcgft Interviews. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Paysour, LaFleur, interviewer. Civil Rights History Project (U.S.) Marvell (Ark.), event place. Civil Rights History Project collection AFC 2010/039: 0004 (DLC) 2012655221 Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home afc2010039_crhp0004_mv03 afc2010039 Gertrude Newsome Jackson oral history interview conducted by LaFleur Paysour in Marvell, Arkansas, 2010 November 22 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2010039.afc2010039_crhp0004 afc2010039_crhp0004_ph1 afc2010039 1 photograph afc2010039_crhp0004_ph2 afc2010039 1 photograph afc2010039_crhp0004_ph3 afc2010039 1 photograph afc2010039_crhp0004_Jackson_transcript afc2010039text 1 transcript AFCCRHP Electronic Resource